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Linux Starter Help

Distros:
https://manjaro.org/ Arch-Based Distro good for beginners (a post talking about why this might not be a good distro? I still think it is... https://rentry.co/manjaro-controversies)
https://www.archlinux.org/ Arch, good for more experienced users, a lot more customization in the beginning
https://artixlinux.org/ Arch, but without SystemD
https://www.debian.org/
https://ubuntu.com/
https://www.parabola.nu/ Arch, but full libre

Other:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/
https://stackexchange.com/
https://linuxreviews.org/
https://github.com/trimstray/the-practical-linux-hardening-guide
https://github.com/orhun/kmon
https://github.com/aristocratos/bashtop
https://boards.4chan.org/t/thread/923124#q923124
https://fglt.nl/
https://lxadm.com/Main_Page
http://mewbies.com/
https://tools.kali.org/
https://man.cx/
https://www.tecmint.com/linux-commands-cheat-sheet/
https://fossbytes.com/a-z-list-linux-command-line-reference/

Some good commands:
`man "program-name"` Command that will open the manual for a program, useful to understand a command's options and what it does
`program-name --help OR program-name -h` Flag for showing the help description of a command
`apropos text` Another help command
`htop` Monitor system resources
`ls` List items of your current directory
`cd` Change directory, running `cd` by itself will put you in your home directory and running `cd ..` will put you 1 directory behind the current one.
`mkdir` Make directory
`rm` Remove, add the -r flag `rm -r` will let you delete recursively (folders)
`killall "service-name"` Kills all of a service, is very nice since it doesn't require the PID (Process ID)
You can pipe a commands output into another command using the character `|`
You can run multiple commands in one life by separating them with ` ; `
:P  :P  :P  :P  :P  :P  :P